Use a hammer to secure your welded wire fence to your wooden posts.
Homeowners with pets or small children often opt to install welded wire fences to provide protection in the form of a securely fenced yard or play area. Welded wire consists of intersecting vertical and horizontal runs of flexible wire that are welded instead of woven together. This wire style comes in a variety of heights and has variously sized mesh openings, including its most popular size which sports 2-inch by 4-inch openings. According to Richard Freudenberger, author of "Building Fences and Gates," 16-gauge and 20-gauge wires are two of the most common wire thicknesses available for welded wire fences. Opt for the smaller gauge wire number if you want a sturdier fence.
Instructions
1. Clear any debris and excess vegetation from the fence line for your welded wire fence. Mow the grass down as short as possible, preferably less than about 2 inches in height. Mark your corner and end post locations with a can of spray paint.
2. Dig a 2- to 3-foot-deep hole in the ground at the first corner post location with a clamshell post hole digger, making sure the diameter of the hole is 2 to 3 inches larger than your 8-inch corner post diameter. Stand your corner post upright in the hole, checking with a level to ensure that it is straight. Secure the post into the ground by tamping dirt into the hole with a tamping rod. Repeat this installation process for the remaining corner and end posts.
3. Run a piece of string tautly between the corner posts to mark the perimeter of your fence line and provide a guide for your line post installation. Install 6-inch-diameter wooden posts along the outside edge of the guide string in the same way you installed the corner posts. Locate your line posts approximately 10 to 12 feet apart for maximum support for your welded wire fence.
4. Unroll your welded wire on the ground along the inside edge of the posts, starting the roll at one of the end or corner posts. Lift the end of the welded wire fencing up so that it's parallel to the corner post and secure it to the post with 1 1/2-inch fencing staples, pounding in one staple every 9 to 12 inches along the height of the fence wire. Locate the bottom of the welded wire fencing approximately 1 inch above the ground to provide enough room to weed eat grass and weeds beneath the fence.
5. Walk to the nearest line post and lift the welded wire up so that it's parallel to the post. Have a helper grasp the wire and pull it steadily to eliminate fence sagging between the posts. Hammer the welded wire fencing material to the line post. Repeat this entire process for each remaining post in your welded wire fence.
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